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D-Day, Churchill, and the papers behind command.

For the Normandy anniversary, read through wartime leadership, strategy, and the documentary record behind the public myth.

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D-Day and wartime leadership

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- Hugh Trevor-Roper

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Irving knows more than anyone alive about the German side of the Second World War.

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Defence Editor, The Daily Telegraph

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